Cardiac Clinic

ECMC's full-service Cardiac Clinic provides consultation and treatment for a variety of cardiovascular diseases, including:

• Arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat)
• Congenital (at birth) heart disease
• Congestive heart failure
• Coronary artery disease
• Heart-valve diseases
• Hypertension
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (thickening of the heart muscle)
• Pulmonary hypertension

A full-service pacemaker clinic for follow-up care of implantable pacemakers and defibrillators is available.

Patients have access to ECMC's state-of-the-art non-invasive and diagnostic laboratories, which perform the following services:

• Angiography (X-ray of the inside of blood vessels)
• Electrocardiography (EKG or ECG)
• Holter monitoring (long-term recording of heart rate)
• Echocardiography (ultrasound)
• Stress testing (blood flow)
• Tilt table (to determine the cause of fainting or loss of consciousness)
• Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)

Our team of physicians includes:

• Christopher Michaeles, MD
• Eram Chaudhry, MD
• Jai Wadhwani, MD
• Joseph Zizzi Jr., MD

All supervising physicians are faculty members at the University at Buffalo, as the clinic is affiliated with the University's Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Clinic is held weekly, and financial counseling is available. To make an appointment or for more information, call (716) 898-3325 or (716) 898-3311.

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